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Edited Volume on Liberalization in Aviation Published
Peter Forsyth, David Gillen, Hans-Martin Niemeier, Hartmut Wolf and MaCCI Coordinator Kai Hüschelrath published an edited volume on the liberalization of the airline industry. The volume brings together renowned academics and practitioners from around the world to address aspects of competition in…
read moreMaCCI Research at CRESSE
MaCCI researchers Volker Nocke, Martin Peitz, and Lily Samkharadze will present on-going work at the Eighth Annual Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) in Corfu, Greece. The conference volume for selected contributions from the previous and this year will be…
read moreMaCCI Coordinator Speaks at ABA Merger Evaluation Symposium
MaCCI Coordinator Kai Hüschelrath gave a presentation on the evaluation of the merger control process at a symposium of the American Bar Association on Retrospective Analysis of Agency Determinations in Merger Transactions in Washington DC (USA). Other speakers included Luke Froeb, John Kwoka, Dan…
read moreAdvances in Competition Policy at the Third MaCCI Summer Institute
MaCCI held its third Summer Institute in Competition Policy in the first week of June. In this 5 day event leading academic economists from Europe and the United States interact with MaCCI members and collaborate on various projects in competition policy. Presentations at the MaCCI Summer Institute…
read moreNew Editorial Positions for MaCCI Members Peitz and Schmidt-Dengler
In the first half of 2013, Peitz and Schmidt-Dengler accepted additional editorial duties. Martin Peitz became Associate Editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics and Philipp Schmidt Dengler Associate Editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association.
read moreMaCCI Members Successful in Fourth SEEK Round
In the fourth SEEK round, MaCCI members received funding for two research projects in the field of cartels. Konrad Stahl, Philipp Schmidt-Dengler, Matthias Hunold, Kai Hüschelrath, Ulrich Laitenberger, and Georg Licht are part of a large international research team focusing on answers to the…
read moreMaCCI Goes South Africa
MaCCI Coordinator Kai Hüschelrath gave an invited lecture on cartel detection at a workshop on Time Series and Competition Policy in Stellenbosch (South Africa). Other invited lectures were given by Dan Rubinfeld (Berkeley) and Elena Argentesi (Bologna). The workshop was also used to identify…
read moreNocke Vice Chair of the Industrial Economics Section of the German Economic Association
At its annual meeting Volker Nocke has been elected vice chair of the industrial economics section of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economics Association) for the period 2013 to 2015.
read moreVolker Nocke Becomes Associate Editor of Journal of Economic Theory
As the only researcher based in Germany, MaCCI Senior Member Volker Nocke has been appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Theory, one of the most prestigious academic journals in economics.
read moreMaCCI Present at AEA Annual Meeting in San Diego
MaCCI Coordinator Kai Hüschelrath gave a presentation on the pricing dynamics of hard-core cartels at the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association in San Diego (USA). The meeting is one of the most prestigious conferences of the economics profession.
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